When one talks about cosmetic surgery, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it a cold operating room with tons of sharp medical tools on standby? Are images of doctors in surgical masks, latex gloves, and green robes flashing in your head? Do you often picture a knife cutting through your skin, or a needle stitching across sections of your face? As common as the notion may be, cosmetic surgery does not need to involve all these elements associated with “going under the knife.”

Weird as the term may sound, there are actually non-surgical methods that fall under the general practice of cosmetic surgery. These procedures are termed as such because they are minimally invasive to the body. No cuts or incisions are created, and no sutures are made. Also, the costs of these non-surgical forms of treatment are relatively lower than their counterparts, because one disregards the anesthesiologist fees, which are a must for surgical methods. Described here are two popular non-surgical treatments in cosmetic surgery, Botox injections and Microdermabrasion. Find out about their costs, and how many people went through them in the past year. These pieces of info were from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 2007.